A United Nations committee condemned severe violations by Israel of a global treaty protecting children’s rights, saying its military actions since October 7 had a “catastrophic” impact on them, Reuters reports.

“The committee condemns in the strongest terms the severe violations of rights under the convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including the tremendous loss of life as a result of the state party’s military actions,” the four-person committee said in a document, referring to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Israel’s delegation argued in a series of UN hearings earlier this month that the treaty did not apply in Gaza or the West Bank and said that it was committed to respecting international humanitarian law.